X-ray scapula complete (both sides) at MEDICAL CITY MCKINNEY HOSPITAL

4500 Medical Center Drive, McKinney, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1437102639

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$24.06 with United vs $1,102.55 with Unicare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United CHIP $24.06
United STAR $24.06
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $24.06
United STARKids $24.06
Amerigroup MGMCD $24.06
United STARPLUS $24.06
United STARPerinate $24.06
Amerigroup CHIP $24.06
Aetna QHPHIX $25.09
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $25.26
Aetna Better Health CHIP $25.98
Aetna Better Health MCD $25.98
Molina MCDSTAR $26.47
Molina STARKIDS $26.47
Molina STAR+PLUS $26.47
Molina CHIP $26.47
Humana MGMCD $30.07
Aetna NewBusiness $34.40
Aetna COMM $36.85
Aetna Meritain $36.85
Aetna OON $43.22
Cigna LocalPlus $57.84
Cigna NewBusiness $57.90
Cigna HMO $64.60
Cigna NetworkBenefit $64.60
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $64.60
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $77.18
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $77.18
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $77.18
Superior Health Plan STARKids $77.18
Superior Health Plan CHIP $77.18
Cigna AllOther $81.76
Humana COMM $85.25
BCBS BluePremier $133.38
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
Cigna IFP $148.84
Cigna QHP $154.36
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United SmallGroup $154.52
United OptionsPPO $206.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $270.12
Evry Health COMM $284.46
Unicare CHIP $286.66
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $372.66
City of McKinney COMM $385.89
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
Curative Administrators COMM $441.02
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58
BCBS Traditional $489.53
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $496.15
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $551.27
Aetna ASA $581.04
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $606.40
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $606.40
Aetna WCOMP $606.40
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $606.40
Averde Health, Inc PPO $639.48
Magellan BH Pinnacle $661.53
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $661.53
Magellan BH Summit $661.53
Humana BHCOMM $716.66
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $771.78
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $771.78
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $771.78
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $801.55
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $826.91
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $882.04
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $882.04
USA Managed Care COMM $882.04
ComPsych Corporation COMM $882.04
Galaxy Health Network PPO $937.17
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,102.55
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,102.55
Unicare MCD $1,102.55

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X-ray scapula complete (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $223.85 $24.06 – $279.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $223.85 $24.06 – $279.81
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $540.58 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $223.85 $24.06 – $279.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $276.52 $56.92 – $414.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $311.92 $24.06 – $389.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $223.85 $24.06 – $279.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $276.52 $25.74 – $414.77

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